Classes & Workshops

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Class Spotlight: Upcoming classes

Excel Power BI (3 session course), May 5th, May 12th and May 19th, 9am – 12pm.
Design Thinking Reimagined: Creativity Meets AI (2 session course), May 8th, 9 am – 12pm
UCOP Safety: Active Attacker Training, May 20th, 1 pm – 2 pm

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Upcoming Classes and Workshops

Featured

Excel Power BI (Session 1 of 3)

Online: Tuesday, May 5, 9am - 12pm

In this class, users will learn about and practice using Power BI. Users will learn how to: Connect to data sources. Perform data cleaning, profiling, and shaping. Visualize data with Power BI. Create interactive visualizations. Enhance reports and dashboards. Publish and share reports and dashboards. NOTE: You will need Power BI Desktop installed on your computer for this class.

This is a three-part series, attendance for all dates is required: May 5th, May 12th and May 19th, 9am – 12pm.

STEP: Goals and Competencies

Online: Wednesday, May 6, 10am - 11am

In this instructor-led training on the Staff Talent Evaluation Process (STEP), we will expand on the materials presented in the STEP Fundamentals for Employees eCourse by going into detail on the first stage of STEP, Define Criteria. You will practice writing goals and review how to align them to the UCOP Competencies. This course is designed to support new employees and employees who would like a refresher to elevate their STEP goals.

Lean Six Sigma - Yellow Belt

Lobby 1 Conference Room, Franklin Building: Thursday, May 7, 8am -4pm

This dynamic, interactive training program is designed specifically for UC staff. Through a hands-on group simulation, you’ll explore essential process improvement concepts and methodologies that can be directly applied to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in your daily work.

Participants who successfully complete the course will be certified as Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt practitioners, equipped to apply their new skills and tools to drive efficiencies within the UC Office of the President. This interactive training includes some physical movement. If you have any concerns or questions, please contact the Learning and Development team.

Design Thinking Reimagined: Creativity Meets AI (Session 1 of 2)

Online: Friday, May 8, 9am - 12pm

Whether new to design thinking or looking to deepen your practice, this session will provide hands-on experience applying key principles, enhanced by accessible and practical AI tools. Design Thinking is an iterative process to develop creative solutions to problems. You’ll walk away with a practical understanding of using AI thoughtfully and ethically to support your innovation process.

FSAP: Working Parents: Strategies for Wellness and Avoiding Burnout

Online: Friday, May 8, 12pm - 1pm

This 1-hour webinar will provide an overview of today’s challenges in being a successful working parent and how to address the risks for parental burnout. By the end of the webinar, you will be able to:

Recognize signs and causes of parental burnout
Discover personal, family, and career strategies for prevention & recovery
Design your own plan to make working parenthood more sustainable
Know how to access resources for dealing with parental burnout inside and outside your workplace

Box Fundamentals

Online: Wednesday, May 13, 1pm - 2pm

This course will give you an overview of Box, the cloud-based service that provides secure file storage and file sharing.

How to use Box
How to collaborate with UCOP and non-UCOP people
Commenting directly on files, folder permissions, shared links, and many other tips that will help you when using Box.

FSAP: An Expressive Arts Webinar for Navigating Uncertainty

Online: Thursday, May 14, 12pm - 1pm

We are living in a time of ongoing uncertainty – and also of creativity, connection, and unexpected joy. Both things are true at once.

This webinar invites you to explore that tension not just through analysis, but through art. Through a simple, grounding drawing practice. Through a few lines of poetry. Through the act of making something with your hands and attention.

UCOP Safety: Active Attacker Training

Online: Wednesday, May 20, 1 - 2pm

Melissa Collins, Program Manager for Security, Risk and Resilience, will facilitate this live virtual class in which participants will learn skills and strategies to respond if exposed to active attacker situations. The course will review real-life incidents and discuss options in the event of potential similar encounters. Melissa joined UCOP after serving 20 years with the UC San Diego Police Department, retiring as a lieutenant, and is a safety expert.

Excel Macro and VBA (Session 1 of 2)

Online: Wednesday, May 20, 9am - 12pm

Advance your Excel skills by learning VBA/Macros. In this class you will first become familiar with recording repetitive steps with Macros, then altering code, and learning about VBA scope. Then, you will experience Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) which allows you to customize Excel to fit your changing needs. This is a good place to start in understanding the world of programming and a simplified approach in initial concepts in Artificial Intelligence (AI).

FSAP:The Psychology of Journaling and Wellbeing

Online: Wednesday, May 20, 12pm - 1pm

Sometimes the most powerful thing we can do for ourselves is take a moment to put words to what we’re carrying. This one-hour journaling workshop is open to everyone – whether you’ve kept a journal for years, tried it once and moved on, or have always been a little curious but never quite started. We’ll explore what the science tells us about the benefits of journaling, unpack four different ways to journal so you can find the approach that fits your life, and spend time writing together in a space that’s low-pressure and judgment-free.

FSAP: Drowning in To-Do Lists: A New Way to Think About Getting Things Done

Online: Thursday, May 28, 12pm - 1pm

Do you have more than one to-do list in more than one place that never seems to get smaller? Many of us want to find a balance with task accomplishment that feels sustainable and fulfilling. In the face of sustained overwhelm, our capacity to manage care tasks at home and work can become impacted.

Drawing on current understandings of stress’ impact on regulation and functioning, this webinar will explore reframing care tasks as functional supports, rather than moral measures of worth.

Manager and Employee Conversations Part 1: Feedback and Coaching Employees

Online: Wednesday, May 27, 10am - 12pm

GROW is a popular coaching framework used around the world for problem solving, goal setting and performance improvement. This interactive session provides managers with the opportunity to discuss and practice using the GROW framework as a strategy and tool to support engaging STEP check-in conversations.

People Leader Forum Coaching and feedback to grow Social and Emotional skills

Online: Friday, May 29, 1pm- 2pm

The People Leaders Forum is a monthly opportunity for people managers to connect with one another to develop leadership skills, build community, share best practices, swap strategies for navigating current challenges and learn to better support themselves and their teams.

May 29: Coaching and feedback to grow Social and Emotional skills

In this PLF, we explore how to provide meaningful, actionable feedback that supports the development of social-emotional skills. Many managers find it challenging to guide growth in areas like building positive relationships, navigating emotions, and strengthening emotional awareness. This session challenges the belief that these skills are fixed, showing instead that they can be learned and developed over time. Through practical tools, real-world scenarios, and concrete strategies, managers will build confidence in coaching and giving feedback that helps individuals grow.

June 26: Supporting Employees Navigate Change & Transition:

21 Practices for Mindfulness and Happiness at Work

Online: Tuesday, June 2, 9am - 12pm

Presented by People-On The Go, the “21 Practices for Happiness and Accomplishment @Work” workshop is designed to help participants develop and practice mindfulness, emotional intelligence, growth mindset, and productivity skills that are crucial in today’s workplace. Participants focus on behavioral changes and initiative-taking, while at the same time paying attention to self-care, stress reduction, fostering enjoyment, and self-fulfillment. The workshop consists of a blend of short presentations, brief individual and group interactive exercises, and exposure to a variety of mindfulness practices.

Excel Power Pivot (Session 1 of 2)

Online: Wednesday, June 3, 9am - 12pm

Advance your Excel skills with learning Power Pivot. In this class you will: Become familiar with the PowerPivot application and import data. Manipulate data in a PowerPivot worksheet. Create reports using PowerPivot data. Use DAX functions in PowerPivot. Distribute PowerPivot Data.

Managing Represented Employees

Online: Friday, June 5, 9 - 10:30am

This session will provide managers with essential guidance for effectively managing represented employees in a unionized environment. Participants will learn the fundamentals of labor relations, including contract awareness, roles and responsibilities, and appropriate communication practices.

How Positive Discourse Shapes the Workplace

Online: Thursday, June 11, 10am - 12pm

Positive discourse fosters a receptive environment is an incredibly powerful resource and motivator to inspire others to think and act more positively. It is a medium through which we make our intentions, values, and beliefs known to others. As leaders, the language we use can make the difference between a high functioning and positive environment, to high turnover on teams and disgruntlement.

This course will explore the science of gratitude, define discourse and uncover how it affects teams, identify the language of leadership, and steps to shift language for a positive team culture.

UCOP Creating Accessible Documents 1: MS Office

Online: Tuesday, June 16, 1 - 2:30pm

Digital accessibility is about ensuring users with disabilities can easily access and engage with any digital content. In this course, you will learn the principles of digital accessibility, how to generate accessible Microsoft Office Documents and how to export these to PDF. This is the first course in the series and a prerequisite for UCOP Creating Accessible Documents 2: PDFs.

Additional Classes

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Registration: Log in to the UC Learning Center using your UCOP login and password. In the Search box on the left, enter the name of the class you want. Select the session you want, then select the Register box and Submit.

Cancellation: You can cancel your registration through the UC Learning Center. We ask that you cancel 48 hours before the scheduled class time so that others may sign up, or contact the Learning & Development Team.

If you require any assistance or accommodation with finding, registering or attending a class please email the Learning & Development Team.